Eric's - 50th Anniversary Celebration

When it opened in 1976, famous Liverpool club Eric’s inspired a new thriving Liverpool counterculture for the first time in a decade and the emergence of a whole new generation of bands from Liverpool in the wake of punk and its aftermath.

50 years on, we celebrate the significance and the joy of that legendary moment.

The club played host to many local, national and international bands primarily within the music sub-cultures of the time, such as Elvis Costello, Buzzcocks, The Clash, Joy Division, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Cardiacs, The Slits, Talking Heads, The Stranglers, Ultravox, Wire, XTC, X-Ray Spex and early gigs by New Order and Mick Hucknall (pre Simply Red).

The club acted as a catalyst for local musicians (often also from the Runcorn, Southport, Skelmersdale, Wirral areas) and saw many local artists later become successful acts, including Dead or Alive, Echo & the Bunnymen, Julian Cope, The Teardrop Explodes, Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, Ellery Bop and Wah! Heat.

Curated by founding director Ken Testi, the evening will feature artists who graced that stage, never-before-seen film footage and a few stories from the time.